Hi All,
I've googled around on this issue and have tried a couple of recommended solutions, but have failed to figure out my problem thus far.
I'm running Windows 7 Host with Workstation 9, a Fedora 18 Guest. I've successfully installed vmware-tools, which allows me to mount a shared folder for a few days. Then it stops working out of the blue... I can't get it to re-enable for the life of me. I can uninstall vmware-tools, then re-install vmware tools and it works for a few days... but after an update, this goes away again. Any ideas?
All that shows up in /var/log/messages:
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm systemd[1]: Detected virtualization 'vmware'.
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 0.000000] Hypervisor detected: VMware
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: SRAT 000000007feedb58 004A8 (v02 VMWARE MEMPLUG 06040000 VMW 00000001)
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: HPET 000000007feedb20 00038 (v01 VMWARE VMW HPET 06040000 VMW 00000001)
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: WAET 000000007feedaf8 00028 (v01 VMWARE VMW WAET 06040000 VMW 00000001)
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.484092] ata2.00: ATAPI: VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive, 00000001, max UDMA/33
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.487548] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM NECVMWar VMware IDE CDR10 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.737372] usb 2-1: Product: VMware Virtual USB Mouse
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.737374] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: VMware
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.747541] input: VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:00.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input3
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.747611] hid-generic 0003:0E0F:0003.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse] on usb-0000:02:00.0-1/input0
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.755439] input: VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:00.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.1/input/input4
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.756729] hid-generic 0003:0E0F:0003.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse] on usb-0000:02:00.0-1/input1
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 2.987634] usb 2-2: Product: VMware Virtual USB Hub
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 3.026317] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access VMware, VMware Virtual S 1.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Feb 12 09:46:40 be-fed18vm kernel: [ 3.519964] usb 2-2.1: Manufacturer: VMware
Feb 12 09:46:41 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: Checking acpi hot plug[ OK ]
Feb 12 09:46:41 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Feb 12 09:46:44 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: Switching to guest configuration:[ OK ]
Feb 12 09:46:44 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: VM communication interface:[FAILED]
Feb 12 09:46:44 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: VM communication interface socket family:[FAILED]
Feb 12 09:46:44 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: Guest filesystem driver:[ OK ]
Feb 12 09:46:44 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: Mounting HGFS shares:[FAILED]
Feb 12 09:46:45 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: Blocking file system:[ OK ]
Feb 12 09:46:47 be-fed18vm vmware-tools[754]: Guest operating system daemon:[ OK ]
Feb 12 09:46:47 be-fed18vm systemd[1]: vmware-tools.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Feb 12 09:46:47 be-fed18vm systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: Manages the services needed to run VMware software.
Feb 12 09:46:47 be-fed18vm systemd[1]: Unit vmware-tools.service entered failed state
Feb 12 09:46:57 be-fed18vm systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: Manages the services needed to run VMware software...
Feb 12 09:46:59 be-fed18vm vmware-tools-thinprint[1503]: Starting Virtual Printing daemon:#033[71G done
Feb 12 09:46:59 be-fed18vm systemd[1]: Started SYSV: Manages the services needed to run VMware software.